Ranged Weapons

General Bow Changes[]

Elemental and Status Scaling[]

All bows and crossbows now have at least C-level Intelligence and Faith scaling. This is so that elemental arrows/bolts can scale with those stats when fired. However, crossbows do not have any form of base damage scaling. Only the extra Elemental Attack Power from elemental bolts scale. Additionally, bows normally do not scale their base Attack Power with Intelligence or Faith. If they have an increased scaling level in a stat - such as the Horn Bow having A scaling in Intelligence - they do scale base Attack Power with that stat.

• Magic damage arrows/bolts scale with Intelligence.
• Fire damage arrows/bolts scale with Strength.
• Lightning damage arrows/bolts scale with Dexterity.
• Holy damage arrows/bolts scale with Faith.

The Status Buildup of status arrows now scales with Arcane. Their damage scales as mentioned above if it is Elemental.

Skills[]

Most Ashes of War that are described as being equippable on all armaments can now also be equipped on light bows, regular bows and greatbows. Additionally, crossbows can be given Ashes of War, but they can only equip "all armaments" ashes. Bow ashes of war have been sped up across the board, and many feature improved tracking and accuracy.

Projectile Range[]

Updated the Projectile Range of bows and crossbows. Ranged weapons can have either 25, 50, 75, or 100 range.

• Bows and Crossbows will generally have significantly less range than vanilla. However, even the lowest-range Light Bow has longer range than the Smithscript Dagger.
• Range varies between classes. A regular bow with a range of 50 will have more range than a light bow with a range of 50. Crossbow ranges are between light and regular Bows.
• The Arrow's Reach talisman has been buffed and will have more of an impact on range.
  • The intent of these changes is to make range more meaningful in combat. In vanilla, even bows with "short range" could still travel a long distance across rooms and arenas. In Reforged, you will have to more carefully consider the range of your bow, and change your playstyle accordingly.

Specific Bow Changes[]

Light Bows/Shortbows[]

Light bows have been given increased damage and scaling, and their fire rate has been increased (and is increased further while crouching) while their Projectile Range is decreased.

Light bows can no longer aim in first person - they will instead block. While they have poor Guard Boost and All Guarded Negation compared to even most weapons, you can still deflect with them. This allows light bows to work more effectively in their intended short-range role. It also avoids an issue with the aiming system where low range values cause it to not function properly.

Weapon	CollapseChange
Bone Bow	Added innate Frostbite buildup. Magic Damage from arrows scales with both Faith and Intelligence.
Harp Bow	Default Skill changed from Mighty Shot to Enchanted Shot. Now has Sleep buildup.

Crossbows[]

Crossbows have been given substantially increased damage, and gain much more damage from upgrades than other weapons do, to make up for their lack of scaling. This makes them viable weapons for builds with low damage stats.

Crossbows now have minor Elemental Attack Power scaling, which only applies when using the proper bolts.

Crossbows gain additional Projectile Range and Rate of Fire when held in both hands.

Weapon	CollapseChange
Crepus's Black-Key Crossbow	x1.1 Attack Power of Black-Key bolts.
Heavy Crossbow	x1.1 Poise Damage of bolts.
Light Crossbow	x1.15 Counter Damage of bolts.
Repeating Crossbow	Increased reload speed by 30%.
Soldier's Crossbow	x1.1 Attack Power of Lordsworn bolts.

Bows/Longbows[]

Bows have been given increased damage and scaling, as well as a higher fire rate.

Greatbows[]

Greatbows have been given increased damage and scaling. Additionally, the fire rate of successive greatbow shots has been increased, but the time it takes to stop firing has been increased as well.

An issue where the second half of the greatbow charging animation was missing all of its animation events has been fixed. This meant that only the first half of the animation loop was able to be canceled by rolling. Additionally, the ability to cancel charging greatbows by walking has been removed.

Ballistae[]

The speed of the ballista firing animation has been substantially increased, and ballista shots can now pierce enemies.

Ballistae have an incredibly high stagger level, meaning that if an enemy can stagger, it will virtually always stagger when hit by a ballista shot.

Increased the Guard Boost of ballistae.

Ammunition[]

Arrows[]

The projectile speed of all arrows has been increased. Additionally, the Poise Damage and Stamina Damage of arrows and bolts has been increased, especially when using Mighty Shot or Enchanted Shot.

Unique arrows are now infinitely purchaseable from merchants, once found. Supply Pledges allow purchasing these arrows at great discount from Kale.

Unfletched arrow types have been removed, to reduce inventory clutter. All crafted arrows are now automatically fletched.

Status and elemental arrows/bolts have a reduced inventory capacity, but basic arrows and bolts have massively increased capacity. See the table below for details.

Physical Arrows	CollapseDetails
Bone Arrows	Capacity: 250
Rainbow Stone Arrows	Capacity: 100 Deals Strike damage, and increased damage from 25 to 35. Projectiles have incredibly strong tracking compared to other arrow types. Targets struck by these arrows gain Target Priority, including allies.
Shattershard Arrows	Capacity: 100 Deals Slash damage, and increased damage from 25 to 35. Increased the radius of the noise.
Arrows	Capacity: 100
Stormwing Arrows	Capacity: 10 Projectile speed and Poise Damage increased tremendously.
Special Arrows	Details
All crafted elemental/status arrows	Capacity: 50
All purchased elemental/status arrows	Capacity: 30
Blightbone Arrows	A new arrow type that inflicts Death Blight which is craftable with the Missionary's Cookbook [7].
Frenzybone Arrows	A new arrow type that inflicts Madness which is craftable with the Frenzied Cookbook [1].
Dwelling Arrow	The arrow transforms into a comet that pierces targets and deals increased Magic Damage shortly after firing. Added the Night affinity effect.
Fire Arrows	Leaves a lingering flame that deals Fire Damage over time at the point of impact. Added the Fire affinity effect to the arrow itself.
Golden Arrows	When shot at enemies, Golden Arrows emit healing projectiles that heal the user and allies on contact and drain status effects.
Lightning Arrows	A new arrow type which will call down a lightning bolt at the point of impact. If no enemies are in the radius of the lightning, it will wait for an enemy to enter its radius. Can be purchased at the Altus Plateau merchant.

Bolts[]

The projectile speed of all bolts has been increased.

Unique bolts are now infinitely purchaseable from merchants, once found. Supply Pledges allow purchasing these bolts at great discount from Kale.

Great Arrows[]

Increased the projectile speed of all great arrows.

Greatbolts[]

Increased the projectile speed of all greatbolts.